Friday, September 28, 2012

mother's day

did it for my wife. obviously, several months ago.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

day 90 - the five faces of balthazar strange

one of the dare detectives' shorter cases, investigating strange goings-on at the local, soon-to-be-foreclosed community theatre.
8x11, pencil. $40 if you want it.

Friday, September 21, 2012

89 batgirl falling

8x11", pencil. SOLD.


bonus daily doodle!
8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

day 86 - the black widow rides agin!



8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it...



bonus art from yesterday

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it...



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

84 red sonja

that's gary busey behind her. i was always bad at likenesses.

8x11", pencil. SOLD.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

day 83 dark phoenix


$40 if you want it

THE WIZARD OF OZ!!!

howdy all!
well it's been a busy year and no doubt, and now it's all starting to come out! the new dare will be coming out through comixology this fall, along with the misfits' manual. there will also be the digital DC comic i did last year, and a "legends of the guard" short. and let's not forget the wizard of oz!

the 4th all-action classic boasts the same 130pp of fantastic art as the others, along with that certain ben caldwell je ne said quoi you all know and love.


love it, damn you. love it!

i spent a looong time and a lot of sweat on this one, and i'm really excited to share it with everyone! so here is a sneak peek at a few scenes from the book; download, read and enjoy!
















feel free to download these pages, reblog/repost them, share the love!
i will also be posting more behind the scenes and process art, so see you soon.

cheers!
ben c

Thursday, August 30, 2012

beastie boys

no time to chat, but i still love you all!

well , most of you all.

Friday, August 24, 2012

danger's rangers

they were mentioned in dare detectives #1, but danger's rangers will be a big part of some later dare stories. here's a peek at their hardware, from the misfits' manual:

there's also a wee slingshot

fixing the last of the stupid spelling errors (it doesn't help when half the words are imaginary anyway)...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

a kickstarting/misftitting note

hi all!

a quick response to many questions about ordering rewards from the kickstarter, even though the kickstarter is over:

1) i will have extra copies of the misfits manual to sell! however, i will only be selling them after all of the kickstarter orders have been sent out. it's only fair! i will be posting here, and on the dare website, when the book is generally available.
1b) as a courtesy to the kickstarter backers, i waived shipping costs. any later orders for the manual, like any sketchbook order, will have shipping costs added on (about $3 in the US) and paypal if applicable.

2) people have asked about additional reward options. at this time, i won't be offering tshirts, PDFs etc. beyond the ones ordered through kickstarter. since i was offering five $300 workshops, and only 2 were picked in the kickstarter, i'm up for doing the other 3, and 2 people have already asked to sign up, so that leaves one $300 workshop open for anyone who's interested. i won't have enough time in my schedule for any more beyond what i had originally planned.

that's all for now, more updates to come!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

day 82 STRANSKI!

for over a year, the etheringtons have been teasing this awesome-looking comic, "stranski", on their blog http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/

i cant wait for it, so here be fan art!


8x11, pencil. $40 if you want it.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Saturday, August 18, 2012

day 79 superman-san and 80 s.h.i.e.l.d.

two daily doodles today...
8x11", pencil. SOLD.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

day 78 retro kula kola poster

always loved 60s illustrators like tom hall (the judge dee paperback covers, think i posted them here long ago) and robert mcguiness etc. not at all in that illustrative style, but the same sort of composition, i guess. anyway, it was fun!


8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it

fan art!

hi all!
actually did this on the plane home from SDCC.


this is fan art for the insane 80s manga "panzer karma". you might have seen the oddly bubblegum OAV they made of it, but this is lefty from the original manga. actually met the band "starfish" at SDCC, it was surreal to say the least. (they did the KP anime soundtrack, all j-pop fluff. they're like 100 years old now!)
anyway, it reminded me of how much KP influenced me, so in a post-con airplane daze i drew this up, just never got around to posting it.

cheers!

Saturday, August 11, 2012

kickstarter ends in one hour...

hi all
one hour left on the kickstarter, one last peek. aspis empress of the giants:



have to hit the road, i'll be incommunicado for the day, so i'll update the KS page tonight or tomorrow with final thoughts, and then i'll be sending out a survey

thanks again and CHEERS!

Friday, August 10, 2012

last kicks...

hi all
feeling sick right now but just wanted to share a few last peeks at the book. finishing it up and off to the printer at the end of next week. would've been done sooner but kept adding pages and updating art. next time i'll make a BIGGER book!
anyway, the kickstarter campaign ends in about 12 hours!



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